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Oliva couvana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy

Oliva couvana was named by Maury (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene; Trinidad and Tobago.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Oliva (Oliva) plicata couvana by Woodring (1928); it was recombined as Oliva plicata couvana by Rutsch (1942); it was recombined as Oliva (Oliva) cristobalcoloni couvana by Woodring (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

O. carolinae, O. guttata, O. paraensis, O. pirabica, O. polpasta, O. recticularis, O. venulata, O. splendidula, O. cristobalcolon

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1925	Oliva couvana Maury pp. 347-348 figs. pl. 44, fig. 6
1928	Oliva (Oliva) plicata couvana Woodring p. 229
1942	Oliva plicata couvana Rutsch p. 157
1964	Oliva (Oliva) cristobalcoloni couvana Woodring p. 278
2010	Oliva couvana Landau and Marques da Silva p. 92

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Olivoidea	(Troschel 1869)
family	Olividae	Latreille 1825
subfamily	Olivinae	Latreille 1825
genus	Oliva	Bruguière 1789
species	couvana	Maury 1925

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Oliva couvana Maury 1925

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

10 to < 100g

Thickness:

intermediateg

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

noneg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-03-16 09:03:04

Modified:

2009-03-16 11:03:04

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.60800 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Trinidad and Tobago	Oliva couvana (60408 60637 81976)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Venezuela	Oliva couvana (111011)